Title -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Tee Morris -- Steve Oakley -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- What You Will Find in This Book -- Who This Book Is For -- How This Book Is Organized -- 1 DV 101 -- What's New -- Video Basics and Then Some -- Video Signals Around the World -- NTSC -- PAL -- SECAM -- Types of Video Signals -- Composite -- S-Video or Y/C -- Component -- RGB -- SDI -- Video Formats -- Standard Analog VHS -- Super VHS -- VHS-Compact -- 8mm -- Hi8-Analog -- Hi8-Digital -- DV-Digital Video -- Betacam SP -- 3/4" and 3/4" SP -- 1" -- Video and Editing Terms -- CTI -- EDL -- Editing Bay or Suite -- Frame Rate (fps) -- Fields and Frames -- 4:3 and 16:9 Ratio -- Pixel Aspect Ratio and Frame Size -- Zoom -- Pan -- Tilt -- Dolly -- Truck -- Scrub/Jog/Shuttle -- Timecode -- VTR &VCR -- Linear and Nonlinear Video Editing -- Linear Editing -- Nonlinear Editing -- DV: The Latest Generation of Video -- DV, Compression, and Artifacts -- MiniDV Camcorder -- IEEE-1394, "FireWire" Connector Cable -- Analog Video and Audio (A/V)Card -- 2 Getting Set Up -- The Computer -- Computer Specifications for the PC -- Computer Specifications for the Mac -- Installing Adobe Premiere and Configuring the Computer -- Installing Premiere -- Configuring a Macintosh for Editing with Premiere under OS 9.x -- Configuring a Macintosh for Editing with Premiere under OS X -- Configuring a PC for Editing with Premiere -- Windows XP Issues -- Advantages of NTFS -- Getting Set Up -- Running Other Software with Premiere -- Configuring a PC or Mac with Analog Capture Cards -- Storage & Scratch Disks -- Peripherals -- Playback and Monitoring -- Interface Controls -- DV Camera/VTR and Computer Connections -- Using Your Camera to Convert Analog Video to Digital -- Mixing Analog and Digital Video -- Premiere 5.1/6.0 vs. Premiere 6.5.

3 The Premiere 6.5 Interface -- Establishing Project Settings -- Selecting A Setting For Your Project -- The Project Window -- Digital Video Capture -- A Note about Timecode -- Viewing Clip Properties in Premiere's Project Window -- Organizing Media in Premiere's Project Window -- The Monitor Window -- Viewing Safe Margins for Source Files and Program -- Source and Program Window Controls -- Drop-Frame and Non-Drop-Frame Options -- Controllers and Scrubbers -- Tools in the Source Window: -- Tools in the Program Window: -- The Timeline Window -- Incorporating Video and Audio into the Timeline -- Timeline Tools -- The Selection Tool -- The Range Select Tool -- The Rolling Edit Tool -- The Razor Tool -- The Cross Fade Tool -- The IN Point Tool -- The Hand Tool -- The Zoom Tool -- The Track Options Tool -- The Toggle Snap To Edges Option -- The Toggle Edge Viewing Option -- The Toggle Shift Track Options -- The Toggle Sync Mode Option -- 4 Capturing Digital Video and Media -- Using Premiere for Digital Audio/Video Capture -- Preparing Premiere for Digital Video Capture -- Project Settings -- DV Device Control -- Video Standard -- Device Brand and Model -- Timecode Format -- Check Status -- Capturing Digital Video with Premiere -- Previewing and Capturing More Clips -- Capturing Additional Video Sources -- Importing Additional Video Sources from Disk -- Importing Media from Data CDs and DVDs (as data discs, not video discs) -- Importing Audio from an Audio CD -- 5 Capturing Analog Video Into Your Project -- Using Premiere for Analog Audio/Video Capture -- Analog Capture Cards That Use the DV Codec -- Analog Video Capture -- Project Settings -- Preferences and Capture Settings -- Captured Movies -- Video & Audio Previews -- Device -- The Movie Capture Window: Basic Capturing -- The Movie Capture Window: Device Control Logging and Capturing.

6 Transitions and Editing Techniques -- Reviewing Transitions -- The Cross Dissolve Transition -- Reviewing the Wipe Transition -- Beyond the Basics: More Transitions -- 3-D Motion -- Dissolve -- Iris -- Map Transitions -- Page Peel -- QuickTime Transitions -- Slides -- Special Effect -- Working with Image Masks -- Stretch -- Wipe -- Working with Gradients -- Zoom -- Using Additive Dissolve Settings to Superimpose an Image on Top of Another -- Editing in the Timeline -- Wipe On, Wipe Off -- Applying a Fade to Black -- Some Different Editing Techniques -- Single-Track Versus A/B Track Mode in the Timeline -- Ripple Edits -- 7 A New Approach to Working with Titles -- Typography for Video: Facts about Fonts -- Serif Fonts -- Sans-serif Fonts -- Script Fonts -- Decorative Fonts -- Font Appearance: Aliased vs. Anti-Aliased -- PostScript vs. TrueType -- Action- and Title-Safe Areas -- Say It, Then Display It: The Titles Window -- Launching the Titles Application -- Creating an Opening Title -- Creating a Title with the Title Designer's Templates -- Superimposing Your Title Over Video -- Advanced Titles with the Title Designer -- Creating a Creative Title with Templates -- A Suitable Framework for Your Video -- Incorporating Closing Credits -- Creating the Rolling Credits for Your Project -- Putting the Rolling Credits in Motion -- Incorporating the Rolling Credits into Your Project -- Creating Captions for Video -- Creating a Caption for the Video Project -- Adding Properties to Captions -- Incorporating the Caption into the Video -- 8 Advanced Video Techniques and Special Effects -- Know Your Place: Shooting Specific Events -- Sporting Events -- Performances -- Special Occasions -- Vacation -- A Matter of Perspective: Working with Camera Angles -- Editing Video Footage from Two Camera Angles -- FX: Visual Delights in Adobe Premiere 6.5.

Color Correction in Premiere 6.5 -- Visual Fun in Premiere -- The Blur Effect -- Time Lapse Shots -- Companion Clips: Working with Inset Video -- Titles on the Move -- 9 Working with Audio -- Audio in Video -- Audio Formats -- WAV files -- AIFF files -- MP3 Files -- Importing Audio from a Compact Disc -- Incorporating New Audio into a Timeline -- Capturing Audio from DV -- It's All in the Mix: Working with Audio in Premiere -- Mixing Multiple Audio Tracks with Video -- Introducing Audio Filters -- Bandpass -- Channel -- Dynamics -- EQ -- Effect -- Reverb & Delay -- Using Premiere's Audio Mixer -- Adding Audio Tracks -- Exporting Audio -- Working with SmartSound's Quicktracks for Premiere -- Creating Your Own Music -- 10 Outputting Your Video To Tape, CD-ROM, and the Internet -- Video Codecs -- Animation -- BMP -- Cinepak -- Component Video -- DV -- DV-NTSC -- DV-PAL -- DVCPRO-PAL -- Graphics -- H.263/H.261 -- Motion JPEG-A/Motion JPEG-B -- None -- Photo-JPEG -- Planar RGB -- PNG -- TGA -- TIFF -- Video -- Indeo -- Sorenson 2 and 3 -- Exporting the Timeline -- General Settings -- Video Settings -- Frame Size -- Pixel Aspect Ratio -- Recompress -- Audio Settings -- Interleave Audio -- Enhance Rate Conversion -- Printing to Video, or Recording Your Timeline to Tape -- Creating Video for CD-ROM and Internet Use -- Video Settings -- Audio Settings -- Media Cleaner -- 11 Mobility and File Management -- Premiere Mobility: Understanding File Types -- Source Files: Heart and Soul of Video -- Project Files: Keeping it all Together -- Movie Files: The End Result -- Disk Requirements -- The Source File -- The Project File -- The Movie File -- 12 Hints and Tips for New DV Editors -- Situations and Solutions in Shooting -- Video Footage that Constantly Moves Around -- Video Footage is Poorly Lit -- Video Clips are too Short -- Video Footage Lacks Composition.

Situations and Solutions in Premiere 6.5 -- Too Many Transitions -- Poor Lighting After the Fact -- Titles and Captions Are Difficult to Read -- 13 DVDs, VCDs, and Beyond -- DVDs: Digital Versatile Discs -- Recordable DVDs for Everyone -- DVD Specifications -- Creating and Burning a DVD -- DVD Drawbacks -- DVD Player Compatibility -- VCDs: Video Compact Discs -- Burning a VCD -- VCD Drawbacks -- Time Flies When You're Editing Video -- Final Thoughts -- Appendix A Integrating Premiere with Other Software -- Photoshop 7-Premiere's Best Friend -- Photoshop for Titles -- Working with Premiere Clips in Photoshop -- Adobe Illustrator-Handy Tool for Mattes and Masks -- Adobe After Effects-One Step Beyond -- Third-Party Plug-Ins -- Appendix B Troubleshooting Adobe Premiere 6.5 -- Premiere Will Not Launch -- Checking the Computer's Current Configuration -- PC: -- Mac: -- Checking for Conflicts -- For a PC: -- For a Mac: -- Setting and Saving the Extensions Manager for DV (Mac Only) -- There was a Problem in the Initial Installation of Premiere 6.5 -- There is an Internal Problem with your Computer -- My Computer Locks Up or Premiere Crashes -- Check the Computer's Current Configuration -- Applications or Resources are Conflicting with Premiere 6.5 -- "Auto Save" is Active in Premiere -- There is a Corrupt Preference File -- Directory Corruption -- Problems with Capturing -- Check for Compatibility between Your A/V Card and Premiere 6.5 -- Windows -- Macintosh -- No Video Playback in the Movie Capture Preview Window -- Video and Audio are not Both Coming in -- Playback Anomalies -- Dropped Frames -- The Video Input Device Was Not Read by Premiere at Launch -- Your FireWire/IEEE-1394 Card is Installed Improperly -- Your FireWire/IEEE-1394 Cable is Loose -- The DV Camera is Part of a FireWire/IEEE-1394 Chain.

The FireWire/IEEE-1394 Connection in Your Computer is Loose or Faulty.